[PATCH 02/11] powerpc/secvar: Add missing kobject release callback to secvar_ktype

Ian Rogers irogers at google.com
Tue Oct 13 15:39:37 PDT 2026


In add_var(), a struct kobject is dynamically allocated with
kzalloc_obj() and initialized with secvar_ktype. If kobject_add() or
sysfs_create_file() fails, kobject_put(kobj) is called to clean up.
However, secvar_ktype does not define a .release callback, which results
in a memory leak of kobj (and a pr_debug warning in kobject_cleanup()
when CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE is enabled).

Provide a secvar_release() callback that calls kfree(kobj).

Fixes: bd5d9c743d38 ("powerpc: expose secure variables to userspace via sysfs")
Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.1-pro
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers at google.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c
index 395399bbab2c..f3f6ac25ea78 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c
@@ -126,7 +126,13 @@ static const struct attribute_group secvar_attr_group = {
 };
 __ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(secvar_attr);
 
+static void secvar_release(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+	kfree(kobj);
+}
+
 static const struct kobj_type secvar_ktype = {
+	.release	= secvar_release,
 	.sysfs_ops	= &kobj_sysfs_ops,
 	.default_groups = secvar_attr_groups,
 };
-- 
2.56.0.385.gd3acb90ef8-goog




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